Australian figure skaters

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Hey Golden Skate! Welcome to the "Australian Figure Skaters" thread. This page is dedicated to keeping you updated on the latest news about Australian Figure Skating.Also, feel free to discuss here too about Australian Skating...or any figure skaters (There is a good chance that I will be talking about other skating athletes as well)!

All the best of luck to all our skaters this Olympic Season.

Below is a link to previous articles from an archived blog about Australian Figure Skaters.

Now some updates on the Australian Olympic Committee website. They have a site dedicated to the Sochi Games.

Summer in Michigan: Danielle and Greg's Blog

"As Australians we regularly get asked with confused looks ‘why are you living in Michigan?’

Aside from the obvious reasons; access to world class coaching and training conditions which the Detroit Skating Club has to offer, the beauty of Michigan’s parks and lakes provide a great escape from the intensity of summer training when we leave the rink..."
Article Written by Danielle O'Brien for the Australian Olympic Committee
Published on August 12, 2013
Link to Article Belowhttp://sochi2014.olympics.com.au/blo...nd-greg-s-blog

Graduation, holidays and next stop - Australia! Brooklee's Blog
*This article was published before Brooklee had to withdraw due to illness

"It has been a long time since I sat down to write. I was not sure why until I decided to write about what I have been up to since May..."
Article Written by Brooklee Han for the Australian Olympic Committee
Published on August 15, 2013
Link to Article Belowhttp://sochi2014.olympics.com.au/blo...rooklee-s-blog

Additional: Australian male skaters have the most awesome classy costumes. The only two blunders I saw at SDU were David Kranjec's tattered knees on his LP costume, and I wasn't all that keen on Andrew Dodds' clown in the SP. But otherwise, my goodness. The winners for me were Jordan Dodds and Brendan Kerry; proving simple is often better.

"Following his win at Skate Down Under in Sydney last week, Australian figure skater Brendan Kerry is sitting in third place after his short program in the season’s first International Skating Union’s Junior Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia..."

Feeling super excited for the free skating tonight. Brendan is not on for a couple of hours though!!!!!!

In other news, channel 10 did another small report about the winter Olympics- but again it's not about figure skating!! It was short track speed skating--- close but no dice

Noooo!!! Brendan ended up finishing in fifth. He had a rough free skate. Nonetheless it's an official PB by more than 10pts but nearly 20pts below what we know he can do. Fingers crossed for his next assignment. Anyways well done Brendan. Respectable result

I can't even watch the video. My phone Youtube keeps saying "unsupported format" and I broke my internet for the month. Guess I'll just have to sit up for just over another hour, wait for my connection to go speedy again, and watch. And

5th out of 27 skaters. Is pretty good. It might be a little sad now. By the end of the season we would've probably forgotten that he dropped to fifth. We will look at his isu bio and and we'll say 'he started the season with a fifth place finish- good start'

5th out of 27 skaters. Is pretty good. It might be a little sad now. By the end of the season we would've probably forgotten that he dropped to fifth. We will look at his isu bio and and we'll say 'he started the season with a fifth place finish- good start'

That's true. Fifth is still amazing for an Australian skater on the international stage. And then there's Nebelhorn next month.

I guess I just thought that a JGP medal would help him so much at Nebelhorn!

That's true. Fifth is still amazing for an Australian skater on the international stage. And then there's Nebelhorn next month.

I guess I just thought that a JGP medal would help him so much at Nebelhorn!

I would've helped for sure, confidence wise.
But if you flip that idea on its head- having a bad skate/ missing out on a medal could give him a greater sense of determination---he has that killer instinct-- he just needs to bring it out more!!